#53CCDE#53CCDE

#53CCDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCDE
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -28.19, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 33.98, 213.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0958 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.109 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3394, 50.2946, 76.7804)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCDE #DE6553

analogous

#53DEAB #53CCDE #5386DE

triadic

#53CCDE #DE53CC #CCDE53

tetradic

#53CCDE #AB53DE #DE6553 #86DE53

square

#53CCDE #AB53DE #DE6553 #86DE53

split-complementary

#53CCDE #DE5386 #DEAB53

monochromatic

#1D8999 #27B7CD #53CCDE #86DBE8 #BAEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#53CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCDE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCDE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce8',
    500: '#53ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ccde;
$custom-light: #92dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.77,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78434,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCDE

secondary

#9D4538

accent

#543DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCDE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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